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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Otucho",
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        "legal_name": "Mary Emaase Otuch",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I rise to second and support the Report of the Mediation Committee. The genesis of this Report is the amendments made by the Senate to the Division of Revenue Bill, 2014. That was after the National Assembly passed the Division of Revenue Bill, 2014, in April, 2014; that is Bill No.13 of 2014. Hon. Deputy Speaker, we are all aware that the Senate did not concur and instead proposed further amendments and sent the Bill back to the National Assembly on 21st May, 2014 for concurrence of the National Assembly. The proposed amendments are in Clause 4 of the Bill; the Senate proposed that there was need for adequate funding for the Level 5 hospitals. They made reference to Article 187(2) of the Constitution which says that when one level of government passes a function to another level of government, it should provide sufficient funding for that particular function. The other bone of contention by the Senate was the amendments to the Schedule to give clarity as already alluded to by the Chair. That is one of the areas that our Committee was looking into. We, therefore, did give clarity to the meaning in terms of the percentage of revenue allocated to the county governments based on the most recent audited accounts. This is because what they wanted to see coming out clearly was that the 43 per cent of the amount of the most recent audited accounts represents a clear picture, and should not mislead in terms of the perception that it is 43 per cent of the total revenue collected. I think that issue has actually been clearly addressed by the Committee. Hon. Deputy Speaker, we noted the issue of the state of the Level 5 hospitals; their state is very deplorable and needs to be addressed. Failure to provide resources for these hospitals will actually disadvantage counties; it will force counties to actually budget from the sharable revenues. That will disadvantage counties that have Level 5 hospitals. We felt that it was important that those hospitals be funded. In our deliberations, I remember we even had to re-visit our previous discussions in the Budget and Appropriations Committee. Initially the Budget and Appropriations The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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